How I Ended Up Sandwiched Between Michael Arrington And Jason Calacanis

When my husband, Jeff, said, "Let's find a baby sitter and go to this Techcrunch party in Hollywood next week," I had no clue what the heck he was talking about. All I cared about was getting a night out of the house.

Now, when I tell you that I had no idea what to expect or what Techcrunch was or who Michael Arrington or Jason Calacanis were, I mean I had ZERO idea. ZERO. And I was not prepared for the complete geek-fest (I mean that in a good way, I married to one and I do hope to be one when I grow up) this party was.

At one point, we wandered up to the Engage.com room to find a quieter place to talk with Dustin Luther and his wife Anna. Dustin then pointed out to Jeff that Michael and Jason were sitting just a few feet from us. My dork of a husband did what he normally does - walked right over and made some stupid comment to them. It went something like this:

Jeff: "Hey guys, sorry to bother you, but I need you to help me with something."
Jason: "Sure, what is it?"
Jeff: "Help me out with this one.  If I took a photo of the back of your heads and posted it and also posted a photo of your faces, which photo do you think would get the most hits?"
Michael: "The back of our heads. No question." (without looking up from his phone)
Jason: "Hey, I've got an idea. Why don't you get in it with us and see what happens."
Jeff: "I have a better idea. Why don't we get my wife in it with you instead? She runs a great charity site called Mother's Fighting For Others. I'd rather have her get the juice than me."
Michael and Jason: "Sure. Bring her over."

Jeff then hauled me over to sit with them and the photo was born.

I guess they're both really big in technology circles. All I know for sure is that they were nice to me. :) 

This whole event was put on so up and coming geeks could meet and try to get people to fund their startups and blow off steam. (I think? It was so surreal.) Well, I don't have an internet startup that needs an "Angel." But Michael and Jason, if you read this, I do have some great projects over at Mothers Fighting For Others that could use some funding...

:)

Comments

[Bob Carney]

WOW Rocky!!! You are a real ROCK STAR in the geek world now.

(count meter say 67,139 now...check back in a week)

[Daniel Rothamel, the Real Estate Zebra]

Funny thing about that picture is that I can't quite decide which of you I would like to meet first.

I think it would have to be you, Rocky. You and Jeff are going to have to hang out with Kari and me one of these days. . .

[HeadMutha]

Thanks Daniel! And Bob... you make me laugh!

[Missy Caulk]

It's nice to have brave husbands isn't it ? In my case it would have been me. LOL

Great shot, I saw on flickr !

ditto what gotbob said, I'd rather meet you and Jeff, have a safe trip.

[Baby Sitter]

Oh,u r right in that situation.So, if you need a break but have no one to turn to, then you should consider and you can trust.